Through frequent and ongoing assessments, teachers target instruction to meet
the learning needs of each individual student.
Examining student growth helps teachers and school leaders understand and meet
the learning needs of individual students as well as entire grades and buildings.
What's needed today is an education system tailored to
the learning needs of each individual student rather than some imagined «median» child.
Today's classroom teacher is expected to use data - driven decision making to individualize instruction and meet
the learning needs of each individual student.
The PADI Swim School program offers state - of - the - art swim lessons that follow a similar philosophy to PADI Courses in that they are designed to meet
the learning needs of each individual student and progress only as the student is ready for the next step.
Not exact matches
Special
needs children thrive, especially those with attention deficit disorder (ADD) or other
learning or psychological problems, because
of the
individual attention teachers pay to each
student.
The educational practice
of teachers and young adolescents remaining together for two or more years, known as looping, provides a stable
learning environment that supports
students» developmental changes and responds to their
individual needs.
Where an EHC plan will not be awarded to a
student who previously had an LDA, local authorities and institutions should consider the implications
of this for the young person, and for funding arrangements, and agree a plan to ensure that the level
of support which the
student needs is made available and that there is no disruption to the
individual's
learning arrangements.
We strive to meet the
needs of all
students and the
individual ways that they
learn.
Prospective
students won't
need long to
learn the professional fate
of any program's and era's graduates and — though, as stock brokerage ads warn,
individual results may vary — to surmise what their own futures might hold.
Students have full time
individual support from
learning mentors who are all trained to support the
learning needs of deaf people.
Meeting this fifth challenge depends on better ways
of: identifying children at risk
of being locked into trajectories
of low achievement at the earliest possible ages; enhancing levels
of school readiness; diagnosing
learning difficulties upon entry to school; and intervening intensively during the early years
of school to address
individual learning needs to give as many
students as possible the chance
of successful ongoing
learning.
Continual reminders that
students are failing to meet high standards are less effective than establishing where exactly
individuals are in their
learning, tailoring teaching to meet
students at their points
of need, and monitoring and celebrating excellent progress towards high standards.
Is it really realistic to require «teachers to embrace changes to their planning, teaching and assessment practices -LSB-...] create multi-streamed, differentiated lesson plans for each class, adjust their pedagogy to the different
needs of individual students -LSB-...] and identify «flight paths» for where the
student needs to be to maximise
learning growth each year» (p. 56)?
A
student - centered environment prioritizes the
individual needs of each
student and gives them freedom and choice in their
learning.
«Blended
learning gives me the opportunity to differentiate between the
individual needs of my
students,» writes Jasper Rijpma (@JasperRijpma) in The Netherlands.
To a large extent, the work
of improving education right now is redesigning classrooms, schools, processes, tools, and incentives so that
learning can be responsive to the
individual needs of all
students.
Growth assessments help
students identify their strengths and areas
of weakness that
need further practice and reinforcement, and may include class discussions, interviews with
individual students, consultations on drafts
of work, and observations
of how
students are applying what they've
learned.
As more classroom management functionality becomes automated, this frees up time for teachers to spend more
of their skills and mental energy on more important things for
students and their
learning; such as tailoring
learning to
student needs and focusing more on
individual and small group instruction than on managing large classes.
The high school's philosophy is inspired by the nonprofit All Kinds
Of Minds Institute, which espouses the belief that students need to become aware of their individual learning style
Of Minds Institute, which espouses the belief that
students need to become aware
of their individual learning style
of their
individual learning styles.
Some
of the activities are geared towards the whole class while other suggestions are tiered so
students can participate in
learning opportunities that meet their
individual needs.
Students work closely with tutors just as they would at any other Match school, but they also spend much
of their day using technology targeted specifically to their
individual learning needs.
The new version
of the law, he said, will
need to ensure effective teachers and principals for underperforming schools, expand
learning time, and devise an accountability system that measures
individual student progress and uses data to inform instruction and teacher evaluation.
In other words, because today's education system is a monolithic one — where
students learn the same thing on the same day in the same way regardless
of their
individual needs — Jobs had to repeat things he already knew because that's where the rest
of the class was.
Give
students the set
of task cards that best meets their
individual learning needs.
The truth about these crimes
needs to be provided for the protection
of victims
of those crimes but also people and society (national and international) in general: the identity formation taking place in schools touches upon
individual and collective (national) identities at the same time, the objectives
of education under international human rights law demand putting a
student, an
individual, in the centre
of the
learning process to fully develop his personality and at the same time take into account the demands
of democratic society in state and in the world — the world in which a person
needs to manage and which
needs good peaceful citizens.
Some
of the activities are geared towards the whole class while other suggestions are differentiated so
students can participate in
learning opportunities that meet their
individual needs.
This points to a desperate
need to move toward a competency - based
learning system that measures and rewards
individual student growth, as well as an underlying shared
learning infrastructure that allows the country to identify each unique
student in a consistent way — so that when he or she moves geographies, the
student's record does as well — and to keep track
of what that
student knows and can do in a consistent way across geographies.
In order to create plans that differentiate for each
individual student, teachers will
need to depend on the growing number
of resources available through online content,
learning management systems, and data analysis tools.
We believe that, particularly in light
of the growth
of online and blended
learning, we are living in an era in which we can feasibly redesign school around
students»
needs and strengths and free up teachers to teach
individual and small groups
of students more often.
The teacher makes appropriate provisions (in terms
of time and circumstances for work, tasks assigned, communication and response modes) for
individual students who have particular
learning differences or
needs.
Blended
learning, the mix
of online
learning in brick - and - mortar schools, can shift how teachers allocate their time by allowing them to actually work with
students based on
individual students»
needs, rather than simply lecturing to an entire class that may have vastly different levels
of understanding.
Therefore, we're training teachers to measure and pay attention to the range
of learning styles in the group and to use various techniques to meet
individual students»
needs.
However, when
students are widely dispersed in their levels
of attainment, effective teaching depends first on establishing and understanding where
individuals are in their
learning and second on providing well - targeted teaching and
learning opportunities to meet learners at their points
of need.
The Benefits Tablets enhanced pedagogy by enabling teachers to adapt their teaching style to suit the
needs of individual students, and allowed for innovative ways to
learn.
If we are focussed (as the curriculum is) on
individual needs, we will consider
students» personal, social, ethical, intercultural, artistic, musical and physical
needs and their preferred
learning styles (as the curriculum does), not just their ability to stride upwards on PISA graphs in a narrow range
of learning areas.
There is recognition that high quality instruction is the key to improved
student learning, and teachers and school leaders are engaged in ongoing efforts to understand and meet the
needs of individual learners and to improve on current teaching practices.
Another insight
of Illich's was that
learning works best when it is driven by the
needs and desires
of the
individual student, not the self - interested claims
of the bureaucracy.
Mercifully, the curriculum, though skewed towards literacy and numeracy, has a
student - centred
learning approach -
individual student needs are the focus
of learning.
We kept sharpening our focus on each
individual student in every classroom in order to tailor teaching and
learning to be responsive to
individual needs for a number
of years, then the opportunity arose to consider a Montessori education program to provide choice for parents.
A prerequisite for monitoring long - term
learning progress and meeting
individual learners at their points
of need is a picture
of what long - term progress in a
learning domain looks like — in other words, a «map»
of the
learning domain that can be used to establish where
students are in their
learning and against which progress can be tracked.
«Little and often» is one
of the key principles behind Tassomai which uses an algorithm to adapt
learning quizzes to each
individual student so that they really practise the content they
need.
Again, it is not difficult to visualise the opposite
of such practice — undifferentiated teaching that makes no attempt to accommodate the different starting points and
learning needs of individuals, delivers the same content to all
students, and judges success in terms
of the same
learning goal (mastery
of the body
of taught content).
Thinking about a connection to our
students, I did some research and
learned about the Enable Community Foundation (ECF), a non-profit that matches
individuals in
need with a person or group
of people who can produce the hands.
By giving teachers the freedom to innovate and try new ways to improve
student achievement, public charter schools can be more responsive and create an environment tailored to the
needs of individual students, while still being held more accountable for
student learning.
Personalize
learning experiences: Capitalize on technology's efficiencies and functionality to meet
students»
individual learning needs, for example, scaled tests and quizzes; adaptability tools and features; software data that can capture where
students are struggling or spending the bulk
of their time; competency - based
learning resources; tools that facilitate
student reflection; project planning, organization and time management; communication; collaborative work;
individual research and curation; and design and creativity.
It's about looking at
individual students with unique
needs, building a kind
of personalized
learning for them.
Through our full - time private school,
individual courses for credit, and tutoring, Brightmont meets the individualized
needs of students with
learning difficulties and those seeking greater academic challenges.
In order to be most effective, instruction in inclusive classrooms
needs to be geared carefully to
students»
individual learning rates and levels
of ability.What Teachers
Need to Know About Differentiated Instruction presents a concise look at developing and implementing differentiated instruction programs.
Access to timely information and communication tools empowers educators to focus on the
individual needs of their
students, and lead to a wealth
of benefits while helping to develop a strong
learning community.